allergy schmallergy

Hi! My name is Nancy and I am the mother of a child who has food allergies -wheat, soy, dairy, chicken and beef. When I found out I did what any parent would do -I stocked up on cookbooks dedicated to those with allergies and then cleaned out the kitchen of all the offending foods. Afterall, we weren't going to eat lasagna in front of our son while he snacks on a rice cake.

Now nearly a year into this I've figured out how to alter recipes, seperate ingredients and give my family food that they all love (and can eat) without me having to make multiple meals.

Please take advantage of what I've learned!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Alterations: This recipe is easily altered. To make the pepper dairy free just omit the cream and cheese ( I did this with the peppers I gave to my son and he said they were delicious), to make this recipe vegan or vegetarian substitute the meat and pork for kidney beans and soy ground.

Cut tops off peppers, take out the ribs and seeds.Rub peppers with remaining olive oil. Fill with mixture and place in baking dish. Pour the remaining sauce into the bottom of the dish. Top with remaining Parmesan cheese.

Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes, remove foil and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes.

Friday, October 21, 2011

This was so delicious! So good in fact that my husband, David, and I gobbled it down in record time. On the other hand it took our son a little longer to warm up to it. At first he proclaimed with great conviction that he didn't like it (before he'd even tried it) when I finally convinced him to take a bite he decided that it was "kind of interesting". Sure, it took a little coaxing but in the end he happily finished it and David asked why I hadn't made this sooner. In all a great success!!